"Reallyfantastic," Hamilton said over the team radio after the race. "Let'stry to keep this up."

It wasHamilton's third win in Hungary and second of the season. His victory from poleposition again demonstrated the advantage of starting first on a track with fewopportunities for passing.

The Britishdriver was in the lead for all but eight laps of the race -- briefly fallingback after his two tire changes -- despite strong challenges from the Lotuspair.

Grosjean wasoften less than 2 seconds behind Hamilton until he was passed by Raikkonen asthe Finn came out of the pit lane after his final tire change on lap 45.

Raikkonen keptthe pressure on Hamilton until the end.

"If we wereon another track where overtaking was much easier, I think perhaps the resultwould have been different," Hamilton said about the two Lotus drivers.

Ferrari'sFernando Alonso, who finished fifth, leads the championship with 164 points,followed by the Red Bull duo of Mark Webber with 124 and Sebastian Vettel with122. Hamilton is fourth with 117, ahead of Raikkonen with 116.

The race was cutto 69 laps from 70, after an extra positioning lap was added when MichaelSchumacher's Mercedes stalled on the starting grid.

It was adreadful race for the seven-time world champion, who was assessed adrive-through penalty for speeding on pit lane and retired after 58 laps whilein 18th place.

The Hungaroringrace was the last event before a monthlong summer break, resuming with theBelgian Grand Prix on Sept. 2.